A Willie Nelson story: Willie Nelson has landed a book deal for a memoir that will tell the "unvarnished, complete, and tremendous" story of his life and career, to be published by Little, Brown in 2015. The 80-year-old musician has already written several books, including his 1998 autobiography Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.

Headed to Hollywood: Dennis Lehane is attached to write the script for an English-language adaptation of the French film A Prophet, which won at Cannes and was nominated for best foreign film at the 2010 Oscars, Variety reports. Lehane is not new to adaptations: his books Mystic River, Shutter Island and Gone Baby Gone have all made the successful jump to film.

In the world of e-reading: Amazon Publishing has unveiled its weekly literary magazineDay One, which will feature short fiction and poetry and is available for subscription. Plus, Amazon's Kindle Matchbook, which allows customers to get a discounted e-book when they order the print copy of that book, has officially launched. And Barnes & Noble plans to release a new $119 black-and-white Nook e-reader.

On Angelou: At Salon, Washington, D.C.-based poet and photographer Thomas Sayers Ellis curates work inspired by Maya Angelou, and talks about her as an inspiration: "I especially admire and would like to emulate or inherit the organic and folk ease by which she enacts tough and tender care, opinion and truth."

Anchorman, the book: "My name is Ron Burgundy, and what you have in your hands is a very big deal." Will Ferrell records a hilarious trailer for the upcoming book Let Me Off at the Top!: My Classy Life and Other Musings by Ron Burgundy, posted at EW.